Closing Date: Midnight on 24/07/2020

Location: Can be based in any of our UK offices but must be willing to travel when required 

The Prince’s Trust recognises the huge opportunity to change and adapt technologically as an organisation to support our workforce and respond to the needs of young people at a time when they need us the most.

The Chief Technology Officer is a new role on the Executive Committee (ExCo) of The Prince’s Trust reporting to the UK Chief Executive. This is an exciting time of change for The Prince’s Trust as it is a crucial point in the evolution of the role of technology both in how we work with young people and in enabling our workforce.

In response to Covid-19 we have enhanced and developed our digital support for young people, the intention is to continue this innovation as part of a blended approach to further strengthen the Trust’s ability to help young people in a post-Covid world. The one thing that is certain is that the future has ambiguity – you must be comfortable with that ambiguity in leading the development of the digital technology strategy for all our Stakeholders.

For more information and the full breakdown of responsibilities and requirements, please go to our website.

Who are ExCo?:

ExCo are responsible for the leadership, strategy and priorities of the organisation, for the delivery of the business plan and budget, and for the overall-day-to day running of The Prince’s Trust. ExCo comprises of the UK CEO, Deputy CEO, Chief Financial Officer, Director of People and Learning, Director of Fundraising, and the Group General Counsel.

As our Chief Technology Officer, you will be accountable for all technical digital resources of The Trust and will provide long term direction and leadership for the use of technology.

Why we need a Chief Technology Officer:

This year we aim to support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven core programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome.

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper. 

We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

Perks for working at The Trust:

• Great holiday package. 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave. Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Benefits platform. Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.

We are committed to equality and believe in building a diverse organisation that is representative of and responsive to the needs of our young people and stakeholders.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

Req ID: 421 

London South Bank University Students’ Union is on a mission to totally transform the way a students’ union works in a modern university. We are now seeking an outstanding professional leader to join the organisation as Chief Executive to take forward its future development, operational delivery and management across a growing team of staff and volunteers.

About the role

LSBSU is the recognised representative body of 18,000 students at London South Bank University. Many of our students come from less privileged backgrounds and have had to overcome significant barriers in life simply to get to university.

South Bank students have high expectations and ambitions for themselves but lead complex lives where they are faced with the pressures of trying to balance their studies with work and juggling their lives at home. Many don’t identify primarily as students, but instead as carers, nurses, engineers, parents, designers, workers, entrepreneurs, apprentices, last chance learners, and Londoners.

In recent times, realising that much of our activity was not engaging significant parts of our student population, we have taken a long hard look at ourselves. We know that we can do so much more for our students.

Following a period of transition, we have set out an ambitious vision for 2025 that will take us on a journey of improvement and innovation. Our goal is to be a truly transformative students’ union that improves the lives of students on every course and beyond at London South Bank University. We have set a plan for year one, and goals for year five, but how we get there could take many routes and we will need you as CEO to steer that journey.

This is a brilliant opportunity to support an SU which is rebuilding itself from the ground up. We have invested heavily in our transformation, started to build a more inclusive and equitable workplace, and we have significant changes to governance in the pipeline for 2021.

As CEO, you will have the chance to bring people into the senior team and work collaboratively with our Officers, Board and University partner to establish the best way to achieve our goals for 2025.

Who we're looking for

Our ideal Chief Executive will be able to provide dynamic leadership, be motivated to change students’ lives and be passionate about building an organisation that is relevant and responsive to those it seeks to serve.

You need to have strong communication skills, emotional intelligence and an ability to build relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders. It is essential that you are committed to role modelling inclusive behaviours, building equity and removing the systemic barriers that exist to hold our students back.

We are actively looking to diversify our Trustee board and leadership team as this has not been as diverse as our student population in the past. We are especially interested to hear from candidates from BAME communities and/or candidates that have overcome other significant barriers in their lives.

If you are inspired by the job, we highly recommend you contact Peridot for an informal discussion and background on the role.

As the Schools Project Officer you will further develop the Lambeth Young Carers’ Schools Project.Funded by the Walcot Foundation, our young carers schools project aims to reduce the negative impacts of caring on young carers’ education, thereby increasing the opportunities to reach their potential.  The project has 3 core elements:

• A programme of awareness raising in schools targeting both staff and pupils, delivered through assemblies and workshops for school staff.
• A programme of peer support groups taking place in schools to enable young carers to connect with others in the same situation and share their experiences in a supported environment, reducing their sense of isolation and creating the opportunity for new friendships to develop.
• Intensive one to one support with a cohort of young carers who have the highest levels of need.

The project works with secondary school children aged 11 - 16 who are from low income households.

If you are looking for a fast paced, rewarding project that will make a lasting difference to young carers, we would love to hear from you. 

This post is 21 hours per week 

Closing date: Monday 20th July 2020 at 9am

Interview date: Tuesday 28th July 2020

From Bernie Sanders to Greenpeace UK, progressive organisations are using digital mobilisation to activate hundreds of thousands of campaigners and raise millions of pounds online. Forward Action believes that a digital mobilisation model - where organisations use digital channels to drive hundreds of thousands of supporters to take advocacy, fundraising and volunteering actions - can revolutionize campaigning and fundraising in the NGO sector. However, its potential is still largely untapped in the UK. We help progressive organisations build digital mobilisation programmes and, as our Marketing and Partnerships Officer, you will work to help grow the number of organisations using a digital mobilisation model to drive real-world change.

You will manage our online marketing programme, working to keep establishing Forward Action as a thought leader in digital mobilisation and finding ways to share learnings from our innovations for the rest of the sector to benefit from. You’ll run the day-to-day operations of our partnerships programme, acting as the primary point of contact for prospective partners and delivering the administrative and coordination work needed to move organisations smoothly through from first interaction to a productive partnership. And finally, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your skills in relationship building, supporting our Partnerships Director to build stakeholder buy-in on projects.

If you’re passionate about digital marketing, enjoy building relationships, are well organised and would be excited to help spread digital mobilisation across the charity sector, this job is for you.

This is a permanent role, with the freedom to work both in our London office and remotely from home, although during lockdown you will, of course, only work from home. Once lockdown is fully lifted, it’s likely you will need to be able to travel to meetings in London once or twice a week. You can work either four or five days a week. Applications close Sunday 2 August.

Who we are

Forward Action is a digital mobilisation agency for progressive causes. We help our partner organisations reach new supporters, then mobilise them to become activists and donors. We have been in the engine room of some of the most successful election and charity digital campaigns of the last few years, helping our partners add millions of new supporters to their email lists, raise more money online (from more donors) and create campaigns that have led to real-world change.

Our values are critical to us: we will only work with causes that make the world a better place. You will get to work with some of the most inspiring and impactful organisations in the sector - such as Greenpeace, Cancer Research UK, and Amnesty International - and spend your days helping win progress on everything from climate change to homelessness.

You will be working at the cutting edge of digital mobilisation. We trust in data rather than our gut instincts, so we are constantly testing and iterating in our work in order to challenge assumptions and drive better results. We are an agile, fast-moving team, and you will have the opportunity to rapidly develop and expand your skills and experience. 

One of our fundamental values is that all our work should drive real-world, measurable results. But we also believe that the greatest progressive impact we can have is to give our partner organisations the skills, knowledge and culture they need to do what we do themselves. We want to spread our skills and way of working across the progressive sector, not make our partners dependent on us. You will play a key role in this in your job.

What you’ll do as part of our team

• Manage our marketing and thought leadership work

  • Identify and apply for opportunities for Forward Action to speak at conferences and events, and occasionally speak at them yourself (if this is something you’d like to do)

  • Oversee our content calendar for our blogs and social media channels, and commission other team members to write content that shares our learnings and further establishes Forward Action as a thought leader in digital mobilisation

  • Launch and run our email programme to share results and learnings from our work

  • Organise occasional evening drinks, coffee meetings and other social events with partners (and attend them yourself)

• Run the day-to-day operation of our partnerships programme

  • Be the primary point of contact for prospective partners over email, from their first interaction with us through to the point we start work together

  • Identify and organise opportunities for our partnerships team to share advice and learnings with both current and prospective partners

  • Run our project setup process, ensuring we’re completing all the administrative setup work needed for each new project

  • Run our invoicing process, using our bookkeeping system to send out invoices for each completed project

  • Assist with quoting and, occasionally, proposal writing for smaller projects

• Develop your skills in building relationships with partners

  • Join calls with our Partnerships Director and new prospective partners to discuss how Forward Action can help them hit their goals

  • As a development opportunity in the role, you will act as the partnership owner on occasional projects, building relationships with partner stakeholders and helping our team break through process challenges or blockages during projects.

Benefits and working culture

Pro Rata Salary: £31,431 if you live inside London, £28,063 (plus £3,000 travel expense allowance) if you live outside London. We have a generous pay increase system, so every year your salary will increase in line with inflation, and if you hit your professional development goals you will also move up a pay grade. If you move up a pay grade your pay will increase by £1,123 - £1,258 pro rata depending on whether you live outside London or in London.

Contract Term: This is a permanent contract. The role can be either full time or four days a week.

Location: At home during lockdown; post-lockdown, in our Hoxton office, with the option to work remotely. Ensuring our team is open to people who live outside London and enabling staff to work flexibly are important values to us, so you’ll have the freedom to work from home regularly. Many of our meetings are held via video conferencing, but post-lockdown you will need to attend meetings with clients in London fairly regularly - once or twice a week on average.

Holiday: 25 days/year (pro rata), plus bank holidays and the week between Christmas and New Year.

Extra holiday for travelling sustainably: We’re a member of the Climate Perks scheme, so you’ll have an extra two days of holiday a year if you use them to travel by land or sea instead of taking a flight.

Maternity and Paternity/Long-term partner parental leave: For a small organisation, we’re proud to have a generous and progressive parental leave policy. Maternity leave is 12 weeks at full pay, 14 weeks at 50% pay. Paternity/Long-term partner parental leave is 6 weeks at full pay.

Working culture and hours: Our team is open, inclusive, friendly, respectful and kind. People from communities that traditionally experience discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity or immigration status; women; new parents; people with disabilities; and LGBTQ+ people are especially encouraged to apply.

We work eight hour days (including a 30 minute lunch break), with core hours of 9:30am-4:30pm. We put a lot of importance on ensuring everyone finishes on time: while there are some times when you’ll need to stay a little later to finish work, people in the team rarely work more than 45-60 minutes late. No one ever works on weekends or their holidays.

Location: London
Salary: Starting salary of £30,177. Possible to increase by max. 2 increments a year up to £34,336 (top of grade).
Contract type: Permanent contract
Hours: 4-5 days per week, permanent contract
Benefits: 7.5% employer matched pension after probation; flexible working; 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays and Christmas break) increasing by one day per year worked, after 2 years of service; and generous staff development package
Deadline for applications: 23.59pm 12th July
First interview: 29th July, please hold 10am-5pm
Second interview: 7th August, please hold 10am-2pm
Start date: 9th September 

About the role:

This role is essential to ensuring the organisation’s core operations run smoothly and are managed to a high standard – in particular, this role will focus on the HR and Finance functions of the Operations Hub.  You will work closely with the Executive Director: Organisational Development to ensure all HR policies and procedures are executed to a high level of quality inside the organisation and in line with NEON’s values of solidarity, generosity and respect.  You will also work closely with the Senior Finance Manager to support NEON staff with activities related to fundraising and day-to-day finance tasks.  You are a people person, and understand the importance of attention to detail. 

Please download the Applicaiton Pack below to find out more, and to find out how to apply. 

About NEON:

The New Economy Organisers Network (NEON) is a not-for-profit company with 12 staff members and a network of over 1600 UK organisers from different trade unions, grassroots groups, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), faith-based campaigns, civil society groups and movements from across the country. We run powerful trainings and support campaigns to help progressives win social, economic and environmental justice.
We run trainings, share skills and coordinate together on campaigns helping people to lead movements like Just Treatment (organising patients to fight for the NHS) through to working with our members to get over 1400 media bookings across the UK’s biggest TV/radio outlets. We’re ambitious and the team is agile, fast paced and committed to actually changing things. 

This role can be based in any UK/IRE Office. If based in London office, an additional £4,170 London Allowance will be added to the salary

This is a FTC until March 2021

About us

Conflict and natural disasters devastate lives. All too often it's the lives of the world's poorest people. You'll help us and our partners around the world to deliver and ultimately save lives and reduce human suffering.

At Christian Aid we have a vision of a better world. More than half the world lives in poverty. We aim to put a stop to that. So we campaign against the inequalities that keep people poor and we work with local organisations to give people strength to find their own solutions to the problems they face, irrespective of their religion. If you're as determined as we are to end poverty and injustice across the world, work with us to make change happen.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join Christian Aid as Operations Officer (Indonesia). The role provides an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated individual. You will help us and our partners in Indonesia and around the world to deliver and ultimately save lives and reduce human suffering.

The post holder will support the work of the Programme Quality and Operations and Humanitarian Divisions. This work will include administrative, financial, communications and programme support for partners and staff across the Indonesia Tsunami Appeal response and other country programmes. The post also provides support on particular thematic initiatives of good practice including accountability, inclusion, preparedness, humanitarian advocacy and cash programming. The post holder will be one of the main points of contact and will work closely with the programme quality and operations, humanitarian and respective geographical divisions to ensure that Christian Aid's emergency response and broader humanitarian work runs smoothly and effectively. The post can be based in London, Dublin or any of Christian Aid's Asia, Middle East country offices (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India or Myanmar).

About you

You will have some experience working internationally on humanitarian programmes ideally in several different contexts. You will need a good understanding of humanitarian programming and of financial and administrative systems and be able to manage budgets and reporting systems. You will need a good head for figures, strong administrative experience, be a team player and able to communicate to a range of different audiences both inside and outside of Christian Aid. Whatever your background you'll need the skills to pick up systems quickly and to have a flexible approach to a varying workload.

Further information

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

We are recruiting for a temp to perm HR Operations coordinator for a passionate support based charity for Prisoners , you will be responsible for managing and coordinating all aspects of HR operations .

Charity Is a national charity that provides support to prisoners, people with convictions, and their families. We support people to make a fresh start, and minimise the harm that can be caused by imprisonment to people who have committed offences, to families and to communities.

The Role
Deliver HR helpdesk
Line management of the HR Administrator and HR volunteers
Cascade and HR processes
Operational delivery of recruitment
Contracts and HR correspondence
To oversee the timely production of all routine HR correspondence (offer letters, contracts of employment, variations to contracts and so on) delivered in the most effective way (e.g. via post/ email/ Cascade).
Oversee key routine HR processes, To work with the HR Manager to deliver and develop Pacts HR processes ensuring they are as effective as possible
To take ownership of key employee information
Analysis and reporting
General support to other HR activities

The Candidate
Experience of delivering HR operations in a busy complex organisation ideally including most of the following
Recruitment
Vetting / pre-employment checks
Onboarding and employee lifecycle
HR aspects of payroll
Correspondence and contracts
Providing advice and guidance to line managers
Experience of training or guiding line managers in HR processes
Experience of using technology (in particular HR systems) to enhance and modernise HR operations.
Experience of line management
Competent knowledge of HR processes within the employee lifecycle

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

We are recruiting for a HR Operations coordinator for a passionate support based charity for Prisoners , you will be responsible for managing and coordinating all aspects of HR operations .

Charity Is a national charity that provides support to prisoners, people with convictions, and their families. We support people to make a fresh start, and minimise the harm that can be caused by imprisonment to people who have committed offences, to families and to communities.

The Role
Deliver HR helpdesk
Line management of the HR Administrator and HR volunteers
Cascade and HR processes
Operational delivery of recruitment
Contracts and HR correspondence
To oversee the timely production of all routine HR correspondence (offer letters, contracts of employment, variations to contracts and so on) delivered in the most effective way (e.g. via post/ email/ Cascade).
Oversee key routine HR processes, To work with the HR Manager to deliver and develop Pacts HR processes ensuring they are as effective as possible
To take ownership of key employee information
Analysis and reporting
General support to other HR activities

The Candidate
Experience of delivering HR operations in a busy complex organisation ideally including most of the following
Recruitment
Vetting / pre-employment checks
Onboarding and employee lifecycle
HR aspects of payroll
Correspondence and contracts
Providing advice and guidance to line managers
Experience of training or guiding line managers in HR processes
Experience of using technology (in particular HR systems) to enhance and modernise HR operations.
Experience of line management
Competent knowledge of HR processes within the employee lifecycle

IMPORTANT NOTE

Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.

We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.

Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

This is an excellent opportunity to manage the operations of a busy and complex organisation at the heart of community business. 

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Operations Manager to effectively manage our operations to make sure we can deliver everything we need to over the next two years. You will support the Director of Finance and Resources and Head of HR at Power To Change, to ensure that we work effectively, maximise our resources, safeguard our physical assets and are compliant externally and with regards to our policies and procedures. 

Power to Change is an independent charitable trust that supports community businesses in England, endowed by the National Lottery Community Fund (previously the Big Lottery Fund). Our vision is better places through community business. We want to back people to build successful community businesses for the benefit of their local places.

The successful candidate will lead and oversee a number of projects including supporting our return to office working post Covid19 and ensuring our IT provision is effective and efficient. Your approach to working is more important than your skills and experience and we are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and proactive, able to work across the organisation to support your colleagues.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all candidates irrespective of race, age, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status. We will assess all applications against the requirements for this post as detailed in the job description and person specification and ask for names and education history to be removed from applications.

We are Disability Confident Committed, we welcome and respond positively to applications from disabled people. We will meet individual needs throughout the recruitment process, including making any appropriate reasonable adjustments during the interview stage and to our workplace if selected into post to support colleagues with any form of disability. 

As a Mindful Employer we recognise that in the UK, people experiencing mental ill health continue to report stigma and discrimination. We are committed to creating a supportive and open culture, where colleagues are able to talk about mental health. We are also committed to ensuring that our employees feel safe in disclosing any mental health conditions and confident that they will be properly supported and offered reasonable adjustments when required.

If you have any questions about how Power to Change is an equal opportunities employer please contact our Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator, Edward Walden.

Role Purpose:

The primary function of this role is to support the Director of Finance and Resources and Head of HR to effectively manage the operations of the Trust, including maximizing resources, safeguarding physical assets and ensuring compliance.

Working with the Finance and Resources Officer the role will lead on IT, office management and provide additional HR support.The role will require the Operations Manager to lead on the one-off projects that it embarks on particularly as Power to Change (PTC) considers its potential closure. The post will be a key liaison within the Finance and Resources team as well working with stakeholders within the wider organisation.

Key responsibilities:

Strategic oversight

• Responsible for IT, office management and insurance budget lines ensuring value for money
• Where necessary develop and improve policies to reflect best practice and communicate to the organisation
• Contribute to committee and board papers where appropriate

Operations Management

Manage all operations projects including defining requirements, engaging with relevant stakeholders and ensuring objectives are met on time and on budget.

 IT

• Manage PTC’s outsourced IT provider ensuring they provide a good service and service level agreements are met.
• Ensure PTC’s network remains secure, stable, targeting zero downtime and adapting the best in class technology keeping within a cloud strategy.
• Responsible for the mechanisms for storing files on PTC’s network, apps and cloud software ensuring a clear structure of filing system.
• With the Data Manager ensure that data retained on PTC’s network is valid or archived/deleted where appropriate.
• Ensure IT equipment is replaced regularly and to the specification needed.
• Lead on IT projects and upgrades in conjunction with the IT provider.

Office Management

• Hold the relationships with the landlords and building maintenance staff for all offices
• Ensure adequate health and safety measures (including C-19) are in place and PTC is compliant
• Ensure the office and the office equipment is regularly maintained and if necessary tested.
• Ensure that fire evacuation plans are in place and regular drills occur

Insurance

• With the Director of Finance and Resources ensure an adequate level of cover is in place for the business insurance of PTC and subsidiaries.
• Take an active role in annual renewal of the policy with the insurance broker.
• Manage any claims made on the policy.

HR

• Support the Head of HR in ensuring that employee data is collected and stored in line with the GDPR and support on internal audit reviews as and when they occur.
• Support the Head of HR to manage employee benefit administration, including annual renewal processes
• Manage the update of the Employee Handbook, coordinating necessary changes and updated language from other teams
• Maintain the contract database for all consultants and suppliers
• Provide ad-hoc assistance to other team members as required.

This job description is issued as a guideline to assist you in your duties, it is not exhaustive.Because of the evolving nature and changing demands of our work this job description may be subject to change.You may, on occasions, be required to undertake additional or other duties within the context of this job description.

Skills & experience:

• Enthusiastic and proactive, willing to pick up a range of varied projects and support the wider organisation on new activities and opportunities.
• Good working knowledge of IT best practice including Office365
• Experience of contracts management including service level agreements.
• Experience of planning and managing projects.
• Experience of managing budgets and ensuring value for money.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical information and concepts to non-technical staff individually and in formal group training sessions
• Proven ability to work to a high standard with an eye for detail with first-rate analytical and problem-solving skills
• Highly organised and able to manage a varied workload. 
• Working understanding and appreciation for information legislation such as GDPR
• Experience of working in a charity / not for profit sector desirable

Based: London

Salary: £45,000-£47,000

Reporting to: Director of Finance and Resources

Closing date for applications: Monday, 13th July, 2020

If you are interested in this excellent opportunity, please send your CV and Cover Letter to Sheena Pentin at Careers4Change.

Purpose

This role is key to the Centre running as effectively as possible. Responsible for the overall coordination and administration of the Centre, you set the stage, providing the necessary foundations for the Centre to thrive and deliver on its mission. You will work closely with the Director, Head of Finance and Board as part of a small team with support from a Senior Administrator. You will liaise with colleagues in the Centre, the Board and with our partners. You will be expected to work independently and will hold a central liaison role within the Centre.

The Centre is a small community interest company, recently out of start-up phase, so all our colleagues are self-sufficient, energetic and organised and work well without the support system of a big enterprise, in a growing, close knit, team with a broad range of partners. We value teamwork, collaboration, being open, practical and iterative to make things work for our audience and the people in our teams.

Objective 1 – Finance and contract management

Managing the centre’s Business Plan, budget and finances, working with the Head of Finance, Treasurer and Senior Administrator.

• Finance and sustainability planning, including:
  • Development and implementation of a sound fundraising strategy aimed at diversifying income streams and building on the assets and expertise of the Centre
  • Bidding and fundraising coordination across teams
  • Reporting to the Board of Directors and funders
• Budget development, monitoring and planning
  • Oversight of day to day finance with Senior Administrator 
  • Monitoring progress against the budget with the team, as well as with the Head of Finance and Treasurer/Finance Committee
  • Implementing the budget for 2019/20 and preparing the business plan and budget for 2020/21 
  • Sustainability plan, business development, proposal development
  • Risk assessment and mitigation
• Setting up and maintaining financial compliance processes

Objective 2: Overall oversight and coordination of the Centre’s Programme, including 

• Facilitating the implementation of the Centre’s Strategy 
• Managing and improving commissioning and contracting processes 
  • Working across teams to ensure appropriate commissioning and contracting processes that allow flexibility and diversification of work
  • Contract management and reporting 
• Programme Oversight and Coordination
  • Working closely with the teams and the Senior Administrator to ensure overall effective programme management and reporting
  • Ensuring good communication across teams 

Objective 3 –  Secretary to the Board of Trustees and ensuring the organisation meets its legal requirements

• Preparing high quality board meetings, agenda, papers on time 
• Working with Chairman, Vice-Chair & Executive Director to deliver and continuously improve: 
  • Governance processes
  • Risks assessment and mitigation
  • Financial review
  • Strategic direction
  • Programme update & reporting
• Maintaining a positive and relationship with members of the Board of Directors, pairing available skills with the Centre’s work, priorities and teams 
• Legal requirements
  • Leading on the Annual Financial and Director’s Report in collaboration with the Executive Director, Head of Finance and Board of Directors

Objective 4 – Oversight and supervision of the day to day operations (people, IT and administration) of the Centre through the line management of a senior administrator

• Developing the Centre’s People Strategy 
• Line Management of the Senior Administrator, whose responsibilities include:
  • Day-to-day finance & accounting, Accomodation, IT, Phones, HR, Legal and contracting 
  • Reviewing and improving related processes e.g. HR processes, Finance and IT support
  • Coordination of the Centre’s teams and culture through weekly team meetings and bi-monthly full days including shared learning sessions. 

Person specification

You are:

• organised, efficient and responsive
• work well as a part of a small distributed flexible team in a fast-paced environment
• think strategically, exercise initiative and work independently to ensure effective.

Essential experience

• Business Planning, Budget and finance management
• Governance and reporting including working with Boards or High level meetings
• Operations/resources management
• Project and programme management, including risk, proportionate to a small business 
• Strategy development and delivery 

Desirable experience

• Interest in wellbeing, evidence or knowledge mobilsation 
• Bidding and proposal writing 
• Governance requirements of a Community Interest Company or company secretary experience 
• Knowledge and experience of working on Government Tenders
• People management experience
• Experience of work in a small growing organisation
• Experience of working in a research or university environment
• A proven track record in being able to write effectively for and communicate with a range of audiences
• ‘PRINCE2’, MSP practitioner or other relevant training completed
• Company Secretary training or experience
• A first bachelor’s degree or an equivalent relevant qualification, or equivalent experience

Working arrangements 

Accountable to: Executive Director

Management of: Senior Administrator 

Relationship with: Head of Finance and Board of Directors 

Salary: £28k- £35k per annum

Duration: Permanent – full time or part-time (min 4 days a week) or equivalent

Location: London preferred, but open to variety of working arrangements and location. We will consider flexible working arrangements and the post can either be London based or involve remote working as part of a virtual team. The post holder must be willing to travel to London regularly.

*Please submit a cover letter including your reason for wanting to work in/interest in Wellbeing*

The Organisation

Russam is delighted to be supporting Hestia with the search for their new Regional Director for London.

Hestia supports adults and children in crisis across London and the surrounding regions. They campaign and advocate nationally on the issues that affect them. This includes victims of modern slavery, women and children who have experienced domestic abuse, young care leavers and older people. From giving someone a home, to helping them to get the right mental health support, they support people at the moment of crisis and enable them to build a life beyond crisis. They are supported by more than 460 volunteers who provide specialist skills such as art therapy yoga, IT, gardening, cooking as well as befriending and fundraising. 

They are proud to be the home of UK SAYS NO MORE, bringing together a diverse coalition of individuals, charities, businesses and public-sector organisations to campaign for an end to the domestic abuse and sexual violence. 

In everything they do, they seek to be: respectful, genuine, dedicated, collaborative and courageous.

You can find out more about Hestia by visiting their website.

The Role

Like the many people they work with each day, Hestia’s operational services provision is rich and diverse. The Regional Director of Operations shares responsibility for the oversight and delivery of all frontline services with one other Regional Director.

The role is split across several geographical regions under a combination of Heads of Service and Area Managers in:  Domestic Abuse, Modern Slavery Response Team, Mental Health, Older People, Ex-offenders, Physical Disabilities, Drugs and Alcohol Support and Young People.

Direct reports to Regional Director Operations
Head of Domestic Abuse & Modern Slavery
Operations Project Lead
Head of Services North London
Head of Volunteering & Corporate Partnerships

Reporting to the CEO, the Regional Director for London will have responsibility for the strategic leadership for operational services.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Provide leadership for allocated operational service delivery
• Collaborate with other Directors
• Collaborate with other Regional Director on pan-operational work
• Contribute to strategy development and lead as appropriate strategy delivery
• Inspire and lead staff to exceptional performance
• Significant financial management
• KPI delivery
• Collaboration with New Business including service retention
• Change management including service restructuring
• Relationship management and external ambassador
• Lead and model Hestia’s values and The Hestia Approach.
• Significant contract management
• Risk management to enable Hestia to deliver safe and effective services.
• Significant safeguarding leadership
• Policy and procedure design, review and implementation
• Governance and external reporting
• Performance management to meet contractual requirements as a minimum
• Lead innovation

The Person

Hestia are looking for an inspiring and highly professional individual to be part of their senior leadership team, to deliver the long-term strategy at an exciting time for the organisation. The focus this year is service transformation, building on the success of services, exploring what more digital technologies can do to help service users in their recovery, investing in staff who are key to service quality and diversifying the funding base to ensure sustainability in the long term.

You will be educated to degree level (or equivalent), have a demonstrable track record of the above and importantly, a commitment to the values of Hestia. Other essential criteria includes:

Knowledge and Experience

• Proven senior strategic and operational leadership experience
• A demonstrable track record of leading, developing and managing multi-disciplinary teams to achieve growth, sustainable improvements in efficiency and effectiveness and to ensure delivery of outstanding results for clients
• Breadth and depth of experience in social care  and across a range of service user groups
• Substantial experience of managing the development and delivery of care, domestic abuse, housing, support and/or health services
• Experience of transforming services and consistent excellent service delivery
• A track record of working in and forging successful partnerships with a wide range of internal and external bodies to successfully deliver complex projects 
• Demonstrable appreciation of legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements relevant to a service delivery charity

Skills and abilities

• Ability to think and plan operationally and strategically 
• Leadership skills and the ability to empower, motivate and develop staff, to create a positive, inclusive team ethos 
• Evidence of ability to build and sustain effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including commissioners
• Highly developed networking, advocacy, written, oral and presentation skills to relate effectively to key internal and external stakeholders, and command their respect, trust and confidence 
• Substantial skills in financial, budgetary and contract management with the ability to understand, manage and interpret data and other financial information 
• Ability to apply innovative thinking and judgement to initiate and support change, to take action, to meet targets and achieve desired outcomes 
• Personal resilience and an ability to cope with ambiguity, uncertainty and scrutiny from others
• The ambition and drive to motivate and work with others to create an organisation that becomes the benchmark to which others aspire 
• Very strong personal integrity, honesty and openness when dealing with others
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a high-pressure environment

Timetable & How to Apply

To apply for this position please provide the following two pieces of information:

• A comprehensive CV, including details of your achievements in each role and details of two referees.
• A supporting statement, explaining how you believe your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, directly addressing the criteria as outlined in the person specification above.

Hestia is committed to equality of opportunity and particularly supports and encourages applications from candidates from all under-represented groups and backgrounds.

Hestia also welcomes applications from candidates with lived experience. If you have any convictions/cautions this does not mean you cannot apply, however you will be required to complete a DBS check.

A small international NGO with headquarters in London, is seeking a part-time Finance Manager for a permanent role. The role will be for 3 days per week (22.5 hours per week) with the possibility to increase to a full-time role in the future.

The organisation both gives and receives grants, and is focused on the protection and freedoms of the media and lawyers in developing countries.

The role will report to the Finance Director, and will manage one Finance Officer. It will involve a mixture of day-to day operational finance, and managing donor funds (from the UK, EU and US). Applicants with experience in an international NGO with strong understanding of donors and grants will be best suited to this position.

Typical duties:

-Manage day-to-day financial operations including accounts payable, accounts receivable/grants claims, bank reconciliations, general accounting functions (including petty cash)

-Monthly reconciliation of balance sheet/control accounts

-Financial evaluation of grant applications and evaluation of financial reports from grantees, including on-site support/evaluation visits

-Support the Finance and Operations Director to improve economy and efficiency across the organisation and ensure a robust internal control environment, including through identification/development, implementation and enhancement of relevant systems and processes

-Support the Finance and Operations Director with the preparation of annual budgets and quarterly financial forecasts, management reports, donor reports and statutory annual accounts.

-Basic HR duties, including managing payroll

-Office and premises management duties including overseeing IT support (with the Finance Director)

Requirements:

-Fully or part-qualified ACCA, CIMA or equivalent experience

-Experience working in an NGO

-Demonstrable experience of charity accounting and donor funding management

-Experience managing staff

-The right to work in the UK is required for this role

-An interest in human rights, media and legal issues would be an advantage

Closing date: 5pm Weds 24th June

Please send your CV for immediate consideration

Marine Planning Officer (Offshore Wind)
Full time
Flexible working arrangements (can work from home but must be able to travel to London for meetings)
£24,000

Fixed term contract for 36 Months
 
Our client is working to bring wildlife back to our land and seas and make nature a part of life, for everyone. They’re helping to make life better – for wildlife, for people and for future generations.

Their vision is a world where people are close to nature, with land and seas rich in wildlife. But the climate and the natural world are in crisis. Much of our wildlife has disappeared and wild places are becoming smaller and disconnected from each other. This contributes to the climate emergency and, at the same time, means wildlife is less able to adapt to the changes in climate that we are already seeing. Across society, people are suffering from lack of access to, and connection with, nature. We urgently need nature to recover.
 
They are currently looking for a Marine Planning Officer to help influence offshore wind development policy and the marine spatial planning process to improve the quality of decisions taken at a project and strategic level.

The role will deliver the Trusts’ belief that development in the marine environment should be the right technology, in the right place, and not at the expense of the natural environment. 

They are looking for someone with the following:

Good knowledge of marine biodiversity, marine ecosystems and maritime industries.
A degree or equivalent in a relevant subject.
Knowledge of marine science and legislation and experience of policy work.
Experience of networking with a wide range of people.
Excellent written and spoken communication for a wide range of audiences.
Understanding of marine wildlife conservation issues. 
Project management skills.
Full current UK driving licence and use of own car 
 
About the company:
 
They are determined to reconnect people everywhere to the natural world and empower people to take action for nature’s recovery.
 
They are a federated movement of charities dedicated to this vision and driven by their beliefs. Together they have 850,000 members, 35,000 volunteers and 2,000 staff across the UK, Alderney and the Isle of Man. They value courage, respect, integrity, trust and responsibility. 

They are wild about inclusion! They know wildlife will benefit from their people being as diverse as nature is, so they particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within this sector, including people from minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities. 
 
As a Disability Confident employer, they are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. 

Title: Chief Executive Officer
Salary: c£80,000 to £90,000 per annum
Location: London

The Chartered Institute of Linguists is the premier UK-based professional body for language practitioners, translators and interpreters, offering professional services to its members and operating regulated qualifications through its awarding organisation, IoL Educational Trust.

Following 6 years of stable leadership, CIOL is now looking for a new Chief Executive Officer to take the Institute into its next phase.  This is an exciting challenge for an experienced individual with a proven track record of ambitious and successful leadership and management.

Among your attributes you will already have executive experience at senior level and an excellent track record of strategic leadership and change management.  We are keen to learn about your financial acumen and to understand how you have used your skills and experience to respond to the need for organisational change, bringing stakeholders with you through the design and implementation of resultant solutions.

You will have demonstrable experience of negotiating contracts, managing high-level relationships with key stakeholders, and the ability to inspire individuals and build high- performing teams. 

Closing date: Monday 13 July 2020 at 09:00
Initial interviews: Remotely on 23 and 24 July

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION
Please click 'Apply' - you will be redirected to our HR Partner's website where you can download the application pack and find further details on how to apply. Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

The Chartered Institute of Linguists values diversity and we want our workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. 

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